Worst Second Stage performance in each tournament

[YourResidentKojiFan]

Not putting 40's because of spoilers.

SASUKE 1: Inoue Kiyomi, Spider Walk
SASUKE 2: Tanabe Chie, Spider Walk
SASUKE 3: Miyazawa Haruhisa, Spider Walk
SASUKE 4: Matsushima Shinji/Saeki Masashi, Spider Walk
SASUKE 5: Takeda Toshihiro, Spider Walk
SASUKE 6: N/A (unless you just want to say the slowest clear, which would be Kane Kosugi, 2.5 seconds left)
SASUKE 7: Akimoto Kōzo/Yoshinaga Katsumi, Chain Reaction
SASUKE 8: Sagawa Ryūichi, Chain Reaction
SASUKE 9: Nakayama Kinnikun, Spider Walk
SASUKE 10: Arai Kenichi, Spider Walk*
SASUKE 11: Asaoka Hiroyuki, Chain Reaction
SASUKE 12: Yamada Katsumi, Spider Walk*
SASUKE 13: Shimizu Hideaki, Balance Tank
SASUKE 14: Kitaya Motoshi, Chain Reaction
SASUKE 15: Nagano Makoto, Metal Spin*
SASUKE 16: Izumiyama Yūta, Delta Bridge
SASUKE 17: Honma Kōta, Spider Walk
SASUKE 18: Washimi Yūji, Salmon Ladder
SASUKE 19: N/A (Kōji and Washimi got to the same rung, there really is no worst performance there)
SASUKE 20: Nagano Makoto, Downhill Jump
SASUKE 21: Shiratori Bunpei, Downhill Jump
SASUKE 22: Satō Hiromichi, Metal Spin*
SASUKE 23: Hashimoto Kōji/Satō Jun, Salmon Ladder
SASUKE 24: Satō Jun, Salmon Ladder
SASUKE 25: Levi Meeuwenberg, Slider Drop
SASUKE 26: Iketani Naoki, Double Salmon Ladder
SASUKE 27: Tajima Naoya/Flip Rodriguez/Setoda Hidetsugu, Slider Drop
SASUKE 28: Someya Koki, Swap Salmon Ladder
SASUKE 29: Inoue Hidekazu, Cross Slider
SASUKE 30: Kung Cheen-Howng/Nakayama Kinnikun, Cross Slider
SASUKE 31: Kung Cheen-Howng/Darvish Kenji/Kikuchi Masamitsu, Cross Slider
SASUKE 32: N/A (slowest clear was Nagasaki, 5.19 left)
SASUKE 33: Kikuchi Masayuki, Salmon Ladder Nobori
SASUKE 34: Ono Minami, Salmon Ladder Nobori
SASUKE 35: Yamamoto Keitaro/Nagasaki Shunsuke, Spider Drop
SASUKE 36: Nakagawa Takaharu, Spider Walk
SASUKE 37: Saikawa Kōji, Salmon Ladder Kudari
SASUKE 38: Yamamoto Keitaro, Rolling Log
SASUKE 39: Ajima Hideki, Rolling Log

*=Only Second Stage fail that tournament

[dakohosu]

12 was definitely the final nail in the coffin for Yamada's confidence.

Stage 2 had always given him the most trouble (5/11 of his prior fails were on Stage 2) so to not only get robbed yet again of a chance to redeem his past near misses on Stage 3, but also to be the only one to fail it, and fail it THREE times in a row at that, would've played even more havoc with his already incredibly troubled mind. It definitely led him further down the path of almost expecting to fail every time he competed which is obviously a prime method of mentally sabotaging your efforts. I mean it was 100% on him, he tried to lie and cheat his way out of a DQ and timeout respectively, and probably only accepted defeat the third time because he knew there was no way he could get out of it, but yeah.

21 also really frustrates me, mainly because that was Bunpei's last proper performance (the less we say about 30 the better) I really would've liked to see him make Stage 3 and give one good last stand.

Also I'll make a post for earliest Stage 3 fails, great idea for a thread.

[darthvaderlim]

Jan 28, 2023 14:40:21 GMT -5 dakohosu said:

12 was definitely the final nail in the coffin for Yamada's confidence.

Stage 2 had always given him the most trouble (5/11 of his prior fails were on Stage 2) so to not only get robbed yet again of a chance to redeem his past near misses on Stage 3, but also to be the only one to fail it, and fail it THREE times in a row at that, would've played even more havoc with his already incredibly troubled mind. It definitely led him further down the path of almost expecting to fail every time he competed which is obviously a prime method of mentally sabotaging your efforts. I mean it was 100% on him, he tried to lie and cheat his way out of a DQ and timeout respectively, and probably only accepted defeat the third time because he knew there was no way he could get out of it, but yeah.

21 also really frustrates me, mainly because that was Bunpei's last proper performance (the less we say about 30 the better) I really would've liked to see him make Stage 3 and give one good last stand.

Also I'll make a post for earliest Stage 3 fails, great idea for a thread.

The fact he never returned to Stage Two or even attempted it for fun like he did in 29 with Stage Three is rather telling.

[transgenderserena]

Jan 28, 2023 14:40:21 GMT -5 dakohosu said:

12 was definitely the final nail in the coffin for Yamada's confidence.

Stage 2 had always given him the most trouble (5/11 of his prior fails were on Stage 2) so to not only get robbed yet again of a chance to redeem his past near misses on Stage 3, but also to be the only one to fail it, and fail it THREE times in a row at that, would've played even more havoc with his already incredibly troubled mind. It definitely led him further down the path of almost expecting to fail every time he competed which is obviously a prime method of mentally sabotaging your efforts. I mean it was 100% on him, he tried to lie and cheat his way out of a DQ and timeout respectively, and probably only accepted defeat the third time because he knew there was no way he could get out of it, but yeah.

21 also really frustrates me, mainly because that was Bunpei's last proper performance (the less we say about 30 the better) I really would've liked to see him make Stage 3 and give one good last stand.

Also I'll make a post for earliest Stage 3 fails, great idea for a thread.

I thought Yamada got a 2nd attempt because he didnt know he needed to take his gloves off and a 3rd attempt because the buzzer didnt work

[dakohosu]

Jan 31, 2023 11:39:12 GMT -5 transgenderserena said:

Jan 28, 2023 14:40:21 GMT -5 dakohosu said:

I thought Yamada got a 2nd attempt because he didnt know he needed to take his gloves off and a 3rd attempt because the buzzer didnt work

Those were both lies that he tried to use to avoid getting DQ'd.

He'd done the Chain Reaction several times before and had always taken off his gloves (hell, he didn't even wear them in Sasuke 9) so to then suddenly claim that he "didn't know" about the rules made no sense. He also mentioned before his run that he was worried about the Spider Walk in particular, so coincidence I think not. Granted it's a bit of a dumb rule given that pretty much all Spider Walk fails are from legs slipping rather than hands, but it was a rule nonetheless that he broke, and he knew exactly what he was doing. He got caught out (which to be honest I'm surprised he thought he could get away with it as it was glaringly obvious) but couldn't accept failure so he made up that he didn't know on the spot.

Then in the case of the buzzer, he very clearly didn't touch it. He lunged for the button and missed completely/came up short and then timed out, then immediately claimed it wasn't working, again to try and cover his a**. This is again baffling because at least one camera angle would be able to show that he missed, yet they gave him another attempt.

Honestly I think at this point they were granting him the extra runs for the sake of entertainment and controversy. But it did show how he was prepared to do anything to win, even if it meant cheating his way towards it.